People Are Losing Faith In Self-Driving Cars Following Recent Fatal Crashes (mashable.com)

oldgraybeard shares a report from Mashable: A new survey (PDF) released Tuesday by the American Automobile Association found that 73 percent of American drivers are scared to ride in an autonomous vehicle. That figure is up 10 percent from the end of last year. The millennial demographic has been the most affected, according to the survey of more than 1,000 drivers. From that age group, 64 percent said they're too afraid to ride in an autonomous vehicle, up from 49 percent -- making it the biggest increase of any age group surveyed. "There are news articles about the trust levels in self-driving cars going down," writes oldgraybeard. "As a technical person, I have always thought the road to driverless cars would be longer than most were talking about. What are your thoughts? As an individual with eye problems, I do like the idea. But technology is not as good as some think."

The Mashable article also references a separate study from market research company Morning Consult "showing increased fear about self-driving vehicles following the deadly March crashes in the Bay Area and Arizona." Another survey from car shopping site CarGurus set to be released Wednesday found that car owners aren't quite ready to trade their conventional vehicles for self-driving ones. "Some 84 percent of the 1,873 U.S. car owners surveyed in April said they were unlikely to own a self-driving car in the next five years," reports Mashable. "79 percent of respondents said they were not excited about the new technology."

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Re:The right question

[mjwx]

The right question to ask is : would you prefer to ride in a self-driven car, or with a drunken driver ? and with a very tired driver ?

I mean why stop there.

The right question to as is: Would you like to ride in a self driving car in a summers day on a controlled road with no traffic or in an death-race style commute with a drunken, tired Donald Trump at the wheel whilst he listens to the BBC world service and pops Prozacs every 24 seconds.

If you're going load a question, bloody well load it properly